2003 CERES Report

Electric and Gas Industries Form

 

© 1999 Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

All Rights Reserved. Duplication in any form is prohibited without the express written consent of the publisher.

 

Contents

 

1.         Company Profile 2

2.            Environmental Policies, Organization and Management..... 6

                    Audits            11

3.         Workplace Health and Safety            15

4.            Community Participation and Accountability 18

                        Emergency Response      20

5.         Product Stewardship..... 23

6.         Supplier Relationships.. 26

                    Fuel Suppliers      26

                 Other Suppliers      26

7.         Energy Acquisition, Conversion, Distribution, and Sales   29

                        Electricity            29

                                Generation            29

                                Transmission/Distribution       29

                    Natural Gas       31

                                Supply      31

                                Transportation and Distribution            31

                    Other Energy 32

8.         Internal Use and Conservation of Natural Resources 33

9.         Emissions and Waste 40

                    Routine Emissions     40

                    Spent Nuclear Material. 42

                        Hazardous Waste  42

                    Non-hazardous Waste. 45

                        Accidental Releases       46

                    Spill Prevention and Leak Detection... 48

                    Overall Emissions and Waste  48

10.             Compliance          49

11.       Priorities and Challenges 51

 

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Section 1: Company Profile

 

(Note:  Feel free to provide any additional data or comments that you feel will clarify your answers. 

If a question is not applicable, simply state this and provide a brief explanation.)

 

 

1-1.         Name of Company:                                            Green Mountain Power Corporation

 

1-2.         Contact Person:                                                  Dorothy Schnure                                Stephen C. Terry

Title:                                                                       Manager, Corporate                         Sr. Vice President

                                                                                Communications                               Corporate and Legal Affairs

Address:                                                                               163 Acorn Lane

                                                                                Colchester, Vermont 05446

Phone:                                                                   (802) 655-8418                                              (802) 655-8408

Fax:                                                                         (802) 655-8419                                              (802) 655-8419

E-mail:                    schnure@greenmountainpower.biz; terry@greenmountainpower.biz

Parent Dun & Bradstreet Number:                 00-793-9531

Corporate Tax ID Number:                 030127430

Corporate Website:                                                www.greenmountainpower.biz

NYSE listing:                                                       GMP

 

1-3.         Time period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for which information is provided (unless otherwise noted):

 

                                Year-end 2003

 

1-4.         Please describe the core activities of your company:

 

The Company is an investor-owned energy services company located in Vermont that serves one-quarter of the state’s population.

 

1-5.         Total worldwide employees:  

 

                                2001: 193                         2002: 194         2003: 196

 

Approximate number of full-time personnel assigned to environmental management and technical support worldwide (count those individuals in management positions who spend at least 50 percent of their time working in environmental areas.  Identify any contract staff separately.):  Green Mountain Power does not have a full time in-house employee designated to environmental.  However, Green Mountain Power outsources environmental services. 

 

1-6.              Annual worldwide revenue:  

 

                                2001:                 $283 million   2002:                $275 million   2003: $280 million

 

1-7.         What is your base country, or region, of operations?   United States

 

Please describe regulated service territory, if any: 

 

In 2003, Green Mountain Power had seven work out locations in Bellows Falls, Colchester, Montpelier, Wells River, White River Junction, Vergennes and Wilmington, Vermont.

 

 

Please indicate the number of employees in those countries where you have operations: 

(Note:  The following table is provided for illustration. Use the business sectors and geographic areas defined in your company’s annual report.)

 

 

 

Electricity

Natural Gas

Other

Region

Gener

ation

T & D

Whole

sale

Retail

Supply

Trans

mission

Distribu

tion

Whole

sale

Retail

(etc.)

United States

 

9

91

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia-Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Western Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former USSR